Vessel-support.



No. 841,835.- PATENTED JAN. 22, 1907.

P. H. WEIDBMAN.

VESSEL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT/4, 1906.

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VESSEL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed October 4:, 1906. Serial No. 337,470.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PETER H. VVEIDEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Byron, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vessel- Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved support and handle for pails, pans, and similar vessels.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device for attachment to a bucket or pan by means of which a vessel may be sup ported between the knees in convenient position for milking or between bars or rods to hold it suspended in water or otherwise.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters are used to represent corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bucket with this im proved device applied thereto, the supports being shown in operative position in full lines and in inoperative position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of a portion of a vessel with the device applied thereto, a support being shown in inoperative position. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the supporting member detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings. an ear-plate 1 is preferably made of steel or iron and is upstruck at its lower end at 2 and is provided with attaching flanges 8, having perforations for the reception'of rivets 4:. This plate is preferably made in approximately inverted-V-shaped form with its reduced end 5 offset and perforated at 6 to receive a bail. (Not shown.) The lower edge of the upstruck portion 2 is cut out to form a stop, and the side walls of said cut-out portion form oppositely-disposed lugs 8, which project at an angle to the plate and which are perforated to receive the support soon to be described. The edge 9 of the cut-out portion forms a stop for limiting the upward movement of the support. a

The support consists of a loop 10, preferably U-shaped and formed of heavy springwire, with its ends 11 bent outward at right angles to form means for connecting it with the ear-plate. These ends 11 project through the apertures in the lugs 8, with their points extending throu h on the outer side, and the spring force of the legs of the U-shaped loop hold them in close engagement with the inner faces of the lugs, so that the support is held thereby in operative position without the use of a spring or other additional means for holding it in raised position.

I claim as my invention A vessel-support comprising an approximately inverted-V-shaped ear-plate formed from a single piece of metal having its re duced end offset and perforated to receive a bail and with its enlarged end upstruck intermediately of its sides and having the lower edge of said upstruck portion cut out to form a stop and oppositely-disposed side lugs, said lugs having apertures therein, and a U- shaped metal loop having lateral arms to project through the apertures in said lugs from the inner side thereof and with the lugs of said loop adapted to engage the lower edge of the cut-out portion of the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER H. WEIDEMAN. Witnesses:

J. W. SIMONsON, M. E. GUTHRIE. 

